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Vetluga Memoir : A Turkish Prisoner of War title: in Russia, 1916-1918 author: èOlðcen, Mehmet Arif.; Leiser, Gary publisher: University Press of Florida isbn10 | asin: 0813013534 print isbn13: 9780813013534 ebook isbn13: 9780585178165 language: English ölÇcen, Mehmet Arif,--1893-1958, World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Turkish, Prisoners of war--Turkey-- subject Biography, Prisoners of war--Russia-- Biography, World War, 1914-1918-- Prisoners and prisons, Russian. publication date: 1995 lcc: D627.R8O43 1995eb ddc: 940.4/7247/092 ölÇcen, Mehmet Arif,--1893-1958, World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Turkish, Prisoners of war--Turkey-- subject: Biography, Prisoners of war--Russia-- Biography, World War, 1914-1918-- Prisoners and prisons, Russian. Page iii Vetluga Memoir A Turkish Prisoner of War in Russia, 19161918 by Mehmet Arif Ölçen Introduction and Epilogue by Ali Nejat Ölçen Translated and Edited by Gary Leiser UNIVERSITY PRESS OF FLORIDA Gainesville Tallahassee Tampa Boca Raton Pensacola Orlando Miami Jacksonville Page iv Copyright 1995 by the Board of Regents of the State of Florida Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper All rights reserved 00 99 98 97 96 95 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ölçen, Mehmet Arif, 18931958. Vetluga memoir : a Turkish prisoner of war in Russia, 191618 / by Mehmet Arif Ölçen ; introduction and epilogue by Ali Nejat Ölçen ; translated and edited by Gary Leiser. p. cm. Translated from the Turkish. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8130-1353-4 1. ölçen, Mehmet Arif, 18931958. 2. World War, 19141918 Personal narratives, Turkish. 3. Prisoners of warTurkeyBiography. 4. Prisoners of warRussiaBiography. 5. World War, 19141918 Prisoners and prisons, Russian. I. Leiser, Gary, 1946-. II. Title. D627.R8043 1995 940.4´7247´092dc20 94-48881 [B] The University Press of Florida is the scholarly publishing agency for the State University System of Florida, comprised of Florida A & M Univer- sity, Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, Florida State University, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, Uni- versity of North Florida, University of South Florida, and University of West Florida. University Press of Florida 15 Northwest 15th Street Gainesville, FL 32611 Page v CONTENTS Illustrations vii Preface ix Gary Leiser The Author 1 Ali Nejat Ölçen Introduction 9 Ali Nejat Ölçen The Caucasus Front in World War I 9 The Constitution's Ruin of the Constitution 10 German Influence and Pan-Islamism in the Ottoman 12 Empire Dragging the Ottoman Empire into World War I 13 Fighting the Cold Rather Than the Russians on the 15 Caucasus Front The Battle of Köprüköy 16 The Battle of Sarikamis 20 * The Fall of Erzurum 26 Part I: Defeat 29 Friendship from an Enemy 37 Captain Bedrensky 44 Torments of Hell 53 Into the Heart of Russia 59 Part II: Varnavino 69 Bardak 72 The Landlord's Daughter 73 I Make a Lute 75 The Hatred of the Priest 84 Page vi Part III: Our New Barracks 97 The Death of Gani 101 The Kerensky Revolution 104 The Nipples of the Queen of Varnavino 110 The First Plan to Escape 111 We Eat Maggot-Ridden Ox Heads 112 Captain Basri 115 The Honor of the Barracks 117 The Bolshevik Revolution 119 Part IV: The Women's Hospital 125 We Are Freed Prisoners 129 Turki li Nopedeli (Did the Turks Win)? 131 Oppression 134 The Invitation 139 The Flowers That Fell into the Room 152 The Sorrow of Captain Nikoforov 155 Tina's Love 156 Dissatisfaction with the Revolution 158 A Nomination of Candidacy for the Soviet Assembly 161 Nadya Is Completely Nude 164 Part V: Escape 169 Far from Varnavino 174 The Cheka Prison 190 From the Prison to the Stone Corridor 203 At the Turkish Embassy 210 Moscow 214 Warsaw 218 Toward Turkey 222 Disappointment 225 Epilogue 227 Ali Nejat Ölçen Notes 235 Biographies 243 Index 245 Page vii ILLUSTRATIONS Figures 1. Mehmet Arif as a student at the Tokat Military 5 Secondary School, 1909 2. Mehmet Arif as a lieutenant at the Istanbul War 6 College, 1912 3. Mehmet Arif as a captain and instructor at the Tokat 229 Military Secondary School, 1927 Maps 1. The author's route to and from captivity on the Vetluga 4 River, 191618 2. The Battle of Köprüköy, November 721, 1914 18 3. The Third Army at the Battle of Sarikamis 22 * , December 2230, 1914 4. The Battle of Erzurum, February 1116, 1916 28 5. The movement of the Second Army to the Eastern Front233
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